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Originally Posted by Hot_Georgia_2004
.......And we have little to say about the Government taking ~15% of each and every paycheck. We've all heard the billions of pork attached to the latest energy and transportation bills.
I wonder which bill is more costly to us consumers? Fueling our cars or a bloated and overly complicated income tax?
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I'm not sure where your 15% number came from, unless you're just referring to social security + medicare. Between federal and state income tax, SSI, medicare, and sales taxes paid, about 45 cents of every dollar I make goes to the government. Compare that to about 3 cents of every
after tax dollar going to gasoline. Oh well, Americans love socialism, that's all there is to it. If there was a vote to have the government take over all oil companies and gas stations, it would win.